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Page 117
Beyond this depression, which was about a hundred yards wide at the upper end
and about three hundred yards wide where it met the road, the ground was open.
The ground in the depression was damp, and growing on this damp ground ...
Beyond this depression, which was about a hundred yards wide at the upper end
and about three hundred yards wide where it met the road, the ground was open.
The ground in the depression was damp, and growing on this damp ground ...
Page 149
True, the man-eater's territory extended over an area of five hundred square
miles in which there were possibly many other male leopards; ... Three, or it may
have been four, minutes later, he called again from a distance of a hundred yards
.
True, the man-eater's territory extended over an area of five hundred square
miles in which there were possibly many other male leopards; ... Three, or it may
have been four, minutes later, he called again from a distance of a hundred yards
.
Page 150
A complication as unexpected as it was unfortunate, for my leopard was too close
now for me to call, and as he had last heard me from a distance of two hundred
yards he would naturally assume that the coy female had removed herself farther
...
A complication as unexpected as it was unfortunate, for my leopard was too close
now for me to call, and as he had last heard me from a distance of two hundred
yards he would naturally assume that the coy female had removed herself farther
...
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User Review - CeiliOkeefe - LibraryThingA classic tale from the northern edge of India set in 1925 and told with poetic simplicity by a very brave, humane and observant man. I first read this book as a teenager and have reread it many times ... Read full review
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User Review - Stbalbach - LibraryThingJim Corbett's second book, following his classic Man Eaters of Kummaon. In the first book, each chapter is a self-contained unit, concerning 1 tiger and Corbett's story how he hunted and killed it ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
| Authors | Jim Corbett, Raymond Sheppard |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1964 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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